Description

Sister crag to the Hideout, the Great Wall has a good assortment routes for beginners to experts. The lines tend to be shorter than at the Hideout but rock quality is excellent. There's a good day's worth of climbing between the two walls.

Getting There

If you're already at the Hideout, continue left down the trail past International Route of Pancakes for about 100' to La Escalada, the first route at the Great Wall. Or from the valley trail, pass the turnoff for the Hideout and continue to a sharp right turn just after crossing the stream again. Watch for a sign directing you to the Great Wall.

Begin in a dihedral to the left of the main Great Wall climbing area. On the right side wall is a finger crack leading to a roof. Start up the dirty dihedral to get to the finger crack. Follow the crack to the roof (crux) and traverse left and up to reach the left facing flake. Follow the left facing flake to a small roof with a hand crack. Move onto the face and up the short hand crack to the anchor.This route does not see much traffic and is often dirty and covered with large spiders....[more]Browse More Classics in KY